I think I am better informed than most of the population. How many research papers do you read per month?
I read papers quite regularly as part of a function of my job.
Readit Newssightbroke commented on Reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/rntn
I want suggesting a lack of profit when I said "anywhere near". I was suggesting the profit markup might be 1500%
It could be if that yields more profit in the end.
For example,
It costs the company 10 dollars, and that 100 out of 110 people will purchase the upgrade for $20. That is $100 profit. Maybe the company also finds that 80 of those 110 people would also buy the same upgrade for $150 and yields like $11,200 in profit.
So it makes sense for the company, the persons running it, and the investors in the company to have the markup as high as it will maximize their profits.
> lack of profit when I said "anywhere near".
Sorry, to me I interpret markup to be assumed as double the cost but would not consider that "near" cost.
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What are the odds the power window option is priced anywhere near the actual cost of power windows?
I'm not optimistic.
If they are interested in making money then no, there is going to be cost+profit. That is just how business works.
Though maybe people can open-source hardware a DIY solution that involves some servos, a control circuit, & 3D printing.
Good. But $500 million is still to much for 7 chargers. Where is the money? Where is it! Really. That's our money that was taken at the threat of gunpoint. Enough of this theft and grift. Shut it down, the entire thing and rebuilt from scratch if need-be.
Without going through everything with a fine tooth comb I imagine some of the money may have been spent upgrading the electric grid to support the chargers.
Fast chargers as I understand are more taxing to the electric grid and so are not simply able to be placed just anywhere there is electricity. Additionally a source paper in the govtech.com article also emphasizes looking at coverage rather than number of chargers. That is wanting to have chargers spread out such a way that people can complete longer trips.
https://cyberswitching.com/understanding-grid-connections-dc...
>but a fix is to propose research to a journal before conducting it and being committed to publication regardless of outcome.
Does not fix the underlying issue. Having a "this does not work" paper on your resume will do little for your career. So the incentives to make data fit a positive hypothesis are still there.
That is categorically not true. Showing why something does not work (or is not advantageous over other methods) demonstrates you know how to properly conduct research which is good for ones resume.
Again, people buy cars for the reasons least likely to happen.
People buy cars for a lot of reasons.
Such as commuting to & from work. But I imagine you believe that is the least likely thing to ever happen to a person. Driving to and from work.
sightbroke commented on xPrize in Carbon Removal Goes to Enhanced Rock Weathering spectrum.ieee.org/xprize-... · Posted by u/pseudolus
You’d need to, at the very least, make it into a powder or it would just fall to the ground anyway. That, in turn, would require you to crush basalt, which is pretty tough and, importantly, energy intensive. And you wouldn’t have any agricultural benefits either.
They're already crushing it here though?
You can still do both things but if the primary goal is to capture carbon my question is if it would capture more if released in the atmosphere (by planes or similar).
> The rich might hate it, and call it "redistribution", which is fine because that's exactly what it is, and what taxes have always been, but this one would redistribute downwards instead of upwards, and incentivize lower carbon emissions by those who can afford it.
Larry Page would be pumped. His annual salary is $1.
I feel pretty strongly that adding exceptions and loopholes to taxes only benefit wealthy people, which is the opposite of the intent.
I would be interested in reading a study where all the tax laws in the country were burned down and rebuilt, with no loopholes or exceptions. Also, eliminate borrowing against a stock portfolio. That is downright evil.
> Larry Page would be pumped. His annual salary is $1.
Salary might be $1 but what is his effective income when he files his taxes? That is what he is taxed on, which includes things like dividends and selling of stocks.
sightbroke commented on xPrize in Carbon Removal Goes to Enhanced Rock Weathering spectrum.ieee.org/xprize-... · Posted by u/pseudolus
> The company spreads crushed basalt on small farms in India and Africa. The silica-rich volcanic rock improves the quality of the soil for the crops but also helps remove carbon dioxide from the air. It does this by reacting with dissolved CO2 in the soil’s water, turning it into bicarbonate ions and preventing it from returning to the atmosphere
> Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, forming carbonic acid. As rocks are worn away (or weathered) by this slightly acidic water, silicate minerals in the rock dissolve. This releases calcium, magnesium, and other positively charged ions called cations. These cations react with carbonic acid in the water, forming bicarbonate ions.
Here is a dumb question: Would the basalt capture CO2 more effectively if released into the atmosphere or into rain storms?